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A ten-month-old deaf Staffordshire puppy Ivor had a rough start in life. Due to his disability, he was abandoned by 5 families before even reaching the RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)

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fortunately for Ivor, he has been given a new home by Ellie Bromilow, who has taught the little fellow commands using sign language

Undoubtedly, the death of Nelson Mandela has dominated the news this past week. While a sad occasion, it was not without some humorous incidents – not least, the chancer who flapped his arms around pretending to be interpreting events for the deaf – (see Bad Signs)

If you want to see what ‘real’ signing looks like, watch this video

5 yr old Claire Koch’s parents are both deaf – but she makes sure they enjoy the school concert by ‘signing’ the xmas songs for them

The news that political leaders from around the world would be gathered together in the one place to attend the memorial Service for Nelson Mandela must have given many terrorist organisations wet dreams.

One imagines that tight security measures would have been in place to safeguard those leaders from the risk of any terrorist attack.

I suspect, then, that someone is going to get their arse kicked for allowing this to happen !

In our conceit, we like to think that we are superior to other animals because of our higher intelligence. That we are deluding ourselves in this regard is evidenced by this clip showing a primate at a Welsh Zoo trying to convey to a naked primate of inferior intellect – through sign language – that he would very much appreciate it if the human would pass him some of those very nice biscuits on the other side of the glass, only to have the chump misconstrue his signs as a request to help him escape